Sad news for open source
March 8th, 2005
Council Presidency Adopts Software Patent Agreement Against Council’s Rules
7 March 2005 — The Council Presidency today declared the software agreement of 18 May 2004 to have been adopted, in violation of the procedural rules and in spite of the evident lack of a qualified majority of member states and the requests of several states to reopen negotiations.
Well, I don’t want to be part of a M$ 0wn3d Europe. See the previously posted warning: “Your webshop is patented!”